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Oracle Net8 Configuration and Troubleshooting
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Oracle Net8 Configuration and Troubleshooting

by Hugo Toledo, Jonathan Gennick
December 2000
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
408 pages
12h 26m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Name

NAMES.DIRECTORY_PATH

Synopsis

NAMES.DIRECTORY_PATH = (naming_method[, naming_method...])
naming_method := {TNSNAMES | ONAMES | HOSTNAME | DCE | NIS | NOVELL}

Allows you to choose the naming method, or methods, that Net8 will use when trying to resolve a net service name.

Parameters

TNSNAMES

Resolve net service names by looking them up in a tnsnames.ora file.

ONAMES

Resolve net service names by querying an Oracle Names server for their definition.

HOSTNAME

Resolve net service names by assuming that a given name matches a TCP/IP hostname, and that it also matches a database name and domain on that host.

DCE

Resolve net service names using the DCE’s Cell Directory Services (CDS).

NIS

Resolve net service names using Network Information Services (NIS).

NOVELL

Resolve net service names using Novell Directory Services (NDS).

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